Hi everyone,
Me and my wife had only been vegan for 1 year when she fell pregnant with our son, we decided we wanted our son to be vegan too but we were both still learning. When he was born we tried everything to breastfeed but it just didn't work we were both absolutely gutted. We unfortunately had to use formula for his milk instead of our chosen preference of breast milk, we thought about soy formula but was put off by other vegan friends advice not being clear on the safety of it.
So long story short he will soon be 12 months and we are unsure what path to take regarding his milk. All health and NHS guidlines say he should be on whole cows milk or breast milk for another year, to me this just suggests that hes going to have to be on formula for another year but i really dont want that. His solid eating is really good he tries pretty much everything and loves fruits and veggies. The only thing that is messing us up is his milk, any advice from vegan parents would be amazing please.
Me and my wife had only been vegan for 1 year when she fell pregnant with our son, we decided we wanted our son to be vegan too but we were both still learning. When he was born we tried everything to breastfeed but it just didn't work we were both absolutely gutted. We unfortunately had to use formula for his milk instead of our chosen preference of breast milk, we thought about soy formula but was put off by other vegan friends advice not being clear on the safety of it.
So long story short he will soon be 12 months and we are unsure what path to take regarding his milk. All health and NHS guidlines say he should be on whole cows milk or breast milk for another year, to me this just suggests that hes going to have to be on formula for another year but i really dont want that. His solid eating is really good he tries pretty much everything and loves fruits and veggies. The only thing that is messing us up is his milk, any advice from vegan parents would be amazing please.